A new SF Shadowrun game was in the offing the day after the MiniCon. I'm not a fan of the setting or system, but the SF group's just too much fun to hang with. Tired after MiniCon, & with allergies kicking my ass, I went up anyway.
Sad to say this was not the best SF game. Kim made it, so that was totally cool. She brought her new hubby which was fun except that he's a bit rusty and couldn't quite come up to our level of gaming. He gave it a helluva try though, so props to him. They had rearranged their 6-month anniversary to attend, so 2 thumbs way up.
The GM gave me a mage. A complicated character to play, though with some interesting background stuff. Alas, I wasn't up to the task and didn't really grasp the role & best methods of utilizing the character. The GM had turned the tables on the C-Punk game I'd run and that was interesting. The group kept it fun until about 3/4 of the way through. The GM killed off Gil's character (a helluva surprise, I'll give him that) and then handed Gil the NPC that had killed his other character. Gil was having his usual fun with the 1st character and got handed an aggressive authority type character - one we'd all come to hate and fear. Turns out Gil doesn't like to play this kind of character, so he wasn't able to make the transition. From there the game kinda fizzled. It ended with a whimper and early as well. Good for sleep-deprived me. Home at a decent hour.
Monday saw a new chapter in the C-Punk game. Yesterday we finally got out of the initial combat. Now to decide if we want to press on or move to new characters and adventures. I'll send out a group Email and we'll figure it out from there.
Running the same Paranoia game at DunDra, so I've already reset everything. Thanks to Lisa, I made multiples of all the material. Sweet! I need to reset TERROR AT 6666 FEET. With luck I'll be ready for a Con a full week ahead of schedule (weird). Hopefully the resets for ConQuest Sac will go just as quickly.
Final news - I had to call Chaosium 'cause the PDF I wanted wasn't on the Monograph page. I asked about the BRP momograph contest. I submitted TERROR to the contest. No answer at that time but got an Email a few days later letting me know that they were about done with it. Winners & prizes to be announced shortly. Fingers crossed...
Tuesday, February 3, 2009
MiniMax
The MiniCon has come and gone. No chance to post since then as I lost internet contact @ home. Some hardware fixes later & I'm up & running. Thanks James! Soonish a new laptop & more coolness. Yeah!
I was able to put the B-Movie game together and even find images for each of the characters. Rather than have players pick their own images, I pre-picked which meant that I could put the character names on the picture stands. I did this for the weekly C-Punk game as well, after they picked their image. The game was full (5 Players) though they didn't all arrive on time. Gil Trevizo played and took the requisite blonde college student. Thanks Gil!
There was an interesting player named Erik who is only able to be 'home' a couple of days a month. As he goes to other towns to work, he tries to hook up with local gamers. Very interesting. Some time it would be cool to chat about his experiences.
4 hours just wasn't enough time and I had to rush the ending. Good horror requires time to set up. Also, more & more I like to get the character interaction going before the badness begins. It seems to be a good technique. Even rushed, it seemed like everyone had a good time. One character almost escaped from the house. I was able to purchase & donwload This Old Haunted House PDF from Chaosium a couple of days before. It really helped. A tool I've needed for a long time. I got a couple of nice compliments.
1. Part way through the game, as we were walking to get our cars out of the soon-to-close parking garage, Erik told me that it was clear I ran a lot of horror. The characters were learning more and more and getting progressively freaked out. Perfect!
2. Gil mentioned that he'd like to play the scenario again with the SF group. High praise from Gil. He's a great Player & I will run it for the SF group. I can take my time with them and really get the freak out.
The Paranoia game didn't fill up, but had 4 of 6 Players. I should have looked a little closer at which characters I handed out as one of the elements (R&D vs Armed Forces) couldn't play out because I didn't hand out any of the R&D characters. That'll change for DunDraCon. I had 3 new Players and Noam who I've played with before. He's a cool guy and didn't fall for my 1st Paranoia GM trick (rats!). Another Player, Shannon, used one of my house rules against me. It was a great move and earned him some Perversity Points. I ain't tellin' what he did... Anyways, we chatted afterward and we've been in Email contact since. He's a fellow GM and that's made for some interesting discussions. The game went off well except that I had to keep reminding the Players not to cooperate. I only killed off about half of their clones, but heck I only had 4 hours! Again, a good time had by all and I'm always pleased to introduce new people to my favorite games. Turns out Shannon has been trying to get into my games for awhile.
I'd been battling a cold prior to the MiniCon and so decided to skip the AM games. Good call. One of the 2 games I was intered in was cancelled. It turns out I could have gotten into Brian Isikoff's game (bummer). Ah well, getting some sleep was better for me anyway. I still got to chat with Brian for a few minutes and hang with the Endgame crew. Those guys rock.
Jack Young ran a C-O-C game while I ran BRP B-Movie. Drag. It would be fun to be in a game of his. Don't know that I'll be able to at DunDraCon. I'm probably gonna hit new horror GM's
I picked up some discount products for Etherscope and finally ordered the game itself. Looking forward to diving into it. So, even for an abbreviated MiniCon I was able to maximize the fun. I left exhausted but fulfilled. Next day - the SF game - it was like I had a MiniCon weekend.
I was able to put the B-Movie game together and even find images for each of the characters. Rather than have players pick their own images, I pre-picked which meant that I could put the character names on the picture stands. I did this for the weekly C-Punk game as well, after they picked their image. The game was full (5 Players) though they didn't all arrive on time. Gil Trevizo played and took the requisite blonde college student. Thanks Gil!
There was an interesting player named Erik who is only able to be 'home' a couple of days a month. As he goes to other towns to work, he tries to hook up with local gamers. Very interesting. Some time it would be cool to chat about his experiences.
4 hours just wasn't enough time and I had to rush the ending. Good horror requires time to set up. Also, more & more I like to get the character interaction going before the badness begins. It seems to be a good technique. Even rushed, it seemed like everyone had a good time. One character almost escaped from the house. I was able to purchase & donwload This Old Haunted House PDF from Chaosium a couple of days before. It really helped. A tool I've needed for a long time. I got a couple of nice compliments.
1. Part way through the game, as we were walking to get our cars out of the soon-to-close parking garage, Erik told me that it was clear I ran a lot of horror. The characters were learning more and more and getting progressively freaked out. Perfect!
2. Gil mentioned that he'd like to play the scenario again with the SF group. High praise from Gil. He's a great Player & I will run it for the SF group. I can take my time with them and really get the freak out.
The Paranoia game didn't fill up, but had 4 of 6 Players. I should have looked a little closer at which characters I handed out as one of the elements (R&D vs Armed Forces) couldn't play out because I didn't hand out any of the R&D characters. That'll change for DunDraCon. I had 3 new Players and Noam who I've played with before. He's a cool guy and didn't fall for my 1st Paranoia GM trick (rats!). Another Player, Shannon, used one of my house rules against me. It was a great move and earned him some Perversity Points. I ain't tellin' what he did... Anyways, we chatted afterward and we've been in Email contact since. He's a fellow GM and that's made for some interesting discussions. The game went off well except that I had to keep reminding the Players not to cooperate. I only killed off about half of their clones, but heck I only had 4 hours! Again, a good time had by all and I'm always pleased to introduce new people to my favorite games. Turns out Shannon has been trying to get into my games for awhile.
I'd been battling a cold prior to the MiniCon and so decided to skip the AM games. Good call. One of the 2 games I was intered in was cancelled. It turns out I could have gotten into Brian Isikoff's game (bummer). Ah well, getting some sleep was better for me anyway. I still got to chat with Brian for a few minutes and hang with the Endgame crew. Those guys rock.
Jack Young ran a C-O-C game while I ran BRP B-Movie. Drag. It would be fun to be in a game of his. Don't know that I'll be able to at DunDraCon. I'm probably gonna hit new horror GM's
I picked up some discount products for Etherscope and finally ordered the game itself. Looking forward to diving into it. So, even for an abbreviated MiniCon I was able to maximize the fun. I left exhausted but fulfilled. Next day - the SF game - it was like I had a MiniCon weekend.
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